DIV Chapter 7: Chu Daniu's Shock

"Thank you, senior, for saving my life!" Chu Daniu endured the pain and shouted loudly.

In his view, to kill two rogue cultivators with one strike, the cultivator who acted from the shadows must be a master at the mid-stage or even late-stage of Qi Refining!

But the next instant, he saw a familiar figure.

"Brother Li?" Chu Daniu was stunned for a moment.

He thought his severe injuries had caused his vision to blur.

Li Chang'an's expression was serious as he casually flicked a pill into Chu Daniu's mouth.

"Daniu, don't be dazed. Immediately regulate your breath and recover from your injuries!"

"Brother Li, is it really you?" Chu Daniu murmured in disbelief.

In that instant just now, he had thought of many possibilities, but never imagined it would be Li Chang'an!

Li Chang'an's face was solemn as he took the storage bags from the two rogue cultivators. After confirming they had nothing else on them, he consecutively threw out two Fireball Talismans.

With two "booms," two blazing flames rose up, engulfing the rogue cultivators' corpses.

As for the rogue cultivators' heads, Li Chang'an didn't burn them. Instead, he threw them into his fish basket and covered them with gray cloth.

"These two are both on the Zheng family's bounty list. Using their heads as proof, perhaps I can completely break free from the Zheng family's spiritual contract and become a truly free rogue cultivator!"

The moment he acted, Li Chang'an already had a plan in mind.

Although the young miss of the Zheng family had allowed him to do nothing for the next five years, it was just a verbal promise after all. He was still bound by the Zheng family's spiritual contract.

What if someday the Zheng family suddenly faced changes and needed large numbers of rogue cultivators as cannon fodder?

Though the possibility was small, he had to guard against it!

After doing all this, Li Chang'an looked at Chu Daniu.

"Daniu, how are you now? Can you move on your own?"

"I..." Chu Daniu opened his mouth, still in shock.

But he quickly came to his senses and assessed his current condition. The pill from earlier was very effective.

"Brother Li, I can barely move now." His face was still somewhat pale as he struggled to support himself.

It wasn't appropriate to linger here.

The two immediately headed toward the market.

On the way, Chu Daniu told him about the reason for his ambush.

Early this morning, he received a spiritual wine contract. The client requested that he deliver wine to an estate outside the market.

He didn't think much of it and set out with the spiritual wine. As a result, he encountered the ambush halfway.

"Sigh, I should have noticed the problem earlier. It's just that the market has been very peaceful recently, so I was careless..." Chu Daniu was somewhat annoyed.

The contract required a large amount of wine, it was big business. He was too eager to earn spirit stones, and greed affected his judgment.

If Li Chang'an hadn't intervened, he would have lost his life there!

Thinking about Li Chang'an's earlier actions, Chu Daniu still found it incredible.

"Brother Li, was that golden light just now a talisman?"

"Yes." Li Chang'an didn't deny it.

After getting a definitive answer, Chu Daniu calmed down somewhat. After all, it was talisman power, not his own strength.

After a moment, Chu Daniu's body suddenly trembled as he thought of something even more unbelievable.

"Brother Li, have you... have you become a talisman master?"

"Why do you ask that?" Li Chang'an glanced at him and asked back.

"Couldn't I have bought the talismans?"

"Brother Li, you just used two Fireball Talismans to dispose of those two's corpses. That was really too wasteful. You could have just lit a fire to burn them."

Two Fireball Talismans, that was a full four spirit stones!

Which ordinary rogue cultivator would dare to be so wasteful?

Because of this, Chu Daniu judged that Li Chang'an had already become a talisman master.

Li Chang'an nodded slightly.

"Yes, you guessed correctly."

"Really a talisman master!" Chu Daniu's eyes widened like saucers, as if he was meeting Li Chang'an for the first time.

Though he was already mentally prepared, he was still extremely shocked.

The way of talismans! In the ranking of the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, it was far superior to his spiritual wine skills. In terms of status and position, talisman masters were also far above wine brewers!

"Sigh, I obtained a spiritual wine inheritance and became complacent, wishing everyone would know about it! Brother Li, you learned talismans long ago but never made a show of it."

Comparing the two, Chu Daniu couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Those two rogue cultivators knew he had the spiritual wine inheritance, so they must have been watching him for a while, not acting on impulse.

If he could have kept a lower profile, perhaps today's calamity wouldn't have happened.

Chu Daniu made up his mind. From now on, no matter what he did, he would follow Li Chang'an's example, prioritizing safety above all else and never taking risks lightly!

The two chatted while rushing toward the market.

Soon, the market was already visible in the distance.

"Finally back," Chu Daniu breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, a team of Zheng family cultivators patrolling nearby discovered them and approached.

The leader was named "Zheng Yunting," a mid-stage Qi Refining expert.

He shouted at Chu Daniu, "What happened? Why are you covered in blood?"

"Senior, we encountered rogue cultivators!" Seeing these patrol cultivators, Chu Daniu completely relaxed and recounted everything that happened.

After listening, many Zheng family cultivators were somewhat surprised.

"You killed those two rogue cultivators?" Zheng Yunting looked at Li Chang'an.

Li Chang'an immediately nodded, lifted the blood-stained gray cloth, and took out the two rogue cultivators' heads.

"Senior, I was quite lucky. I happened to have Mad Blade Talismans with me and had the advantage of a surprise attack."

"Well done!" Zheng Yunting praised him, a trace of appreciation appearing in his eyes.

"Whether it was a surprise attack or not, as long as you could kill them, that's your ability!"

Then he took the two heads from Li Chang'an's hands.

According to the previously issued bounty, Li Chang'an could receive a very good reward.

He asked, "Senior, is it possible to change the content of the reward?"

"Oh?" Zheng Yunting was stunned.

"What kind of reward do you want?"

"Senior, I want to dissolve the spiritual contract and become free."

"This..." Zheng Yunting pondered for a moment.

"This isn't for me to decide. I'm only in charge of patrols. Spiritual contract matters are handled by the young miss. I'll take you to see her. Whether it works out or not depends on your luck."

"Thank you, senior!" Li Chang'an was delighted and cupped his hands.

That young miss was very intelligent, understanding, and quite reasonable. This matter should be settled!

Before long, Zheng Yunting brought the two to the "Hall of All Affairs" in the center of the market, where the Zheng family handled market business.

He went in first to report, then brought the two into the great hall.

Zheng Qingqing was in the great hall, wearing a blue-green long dress, with waist-length hair and picturesque features.

Seeing Li Chang'an, a trace of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"Li Chang'an, it really is you!"

"Greetings to the young miss," Li Chang'an bowed slightly with a respectful attitude.

Zheng Qingqing smiled gently, her tone very mild.

"I told you before, there's no need to be formal when you see me."

She had already learned about the incident from Zheng Yunting, which was why she was slightly surprised.

After all, based on the information she had previously understood, Li Chang'an's strength was unremarkable and he couldn't possibly be a match for two rogue cultivators.

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